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21</head> 22<body> 23<p><img src="ppjh.jpg" width="550" height="80" 24alt="People for Peace, Justice, and Healing" /></p> 25<p> <a href="index.htm">Home</a> 26 27<a href="resources.htm">Resources</a> 28<a href="local_events.htm">Local Events</a> 29 <a href="meeting_notes.htm">Meeting Notes</a> 30 31<a href="progressive_news.htm">News Sources</a> 32 <a href="http://www.ufppc.org">Iraq</a> 33</p> 34<table summary="table for layout" width="560"> 35<tr> 36<td width="550" valign="top"> 37<hr> 38<hr><p><B>People for Peace, Justice, and 39Healing meets on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. (except the Fourth of July, Christmas, and New Year's Day) at the Antique Sandwich Company, 405102 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, WA, 98407. 41 <P>PJH has existed as a group since 2001 and 42has been involved in weekly meetings, educational events, lectures, 43study groups, workshops, and calls for community action. 44Please consider joining us. All people of good will are welcome.</B> <P> 45<hr><P>
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47</div><P> 48<HR> 49<LI><FONT COLOR=red><B>Poem by Sol Riou</FONT></FONT></B> Sol Riou's 50poem "We Are All the Leaves of One Tree" was published in the Winter/Spring 2018 issue 51of <I><a href="http://www.mindfulnessbell.org/">The Mindfulness Bell</a></I> (Issue 77, p. 39). The 52poem is posted <a href="Weareallleaves.htm">here</a> with the author's permission. (3/8/18)</LI><P> 53<LI><FONT COLOR=red><B>RING THE CHIMES for Marriage Equality</FONT></FONT></B> PPJH held a fundraiser for Referendum 5474 (Marriage Equality) on Wed., Sept. 5, 2012, raising more than $5,000. Special guest: Ryan Mello, Pierce County Co-Chair of Washington United and 55Tacoma City Councilmember. Also in attendance: Washington State Senator Debbie Regala. 56(8/7/12; rev. 9/9/12)</LI><P> 57<LI><FONT COLOR=red><B>Poem by Karen Konrad</FONT></FONT></B> Karen Konrad's 58untitled poem begins "<a href="Itistimetoawaken.htm">It is time to awaken...</a>" (See 59below for several other poems.) (8/6/05)</LI><P> 60<LI><B><FONT COLOR=red>Two poems by Karen Havnaer</FONT></B> Two poems by poet and playwright Karen Havnaer are published here 61for the first time. <a href="peopleofsadrcity.htm">People of Sadr City</a> is addressed 62to the inhabitants of a district of Baghdad. <a href="forsgtbrianturner.htm">For Sgt. Brian Turner — Third Brigade, Second Infantry Division</a>, 63is dedicated to a visitor to PPJH who is now a well-known poet.<P> 64<LI><FONT COLOR=red><B>The Northwest Detention Center</FONT></b> See 65<a href="http://www.ufppc.org">the UFPPC website</a> for more information 66about the Tacoma's prison, the 67"Northwest Detention Center," located at 1623 68E. "J" St. The prison was built by 69a Sarasota, Florida, corporation with a problematic 70record, Correctional Services Corporation (NASDAQ symbol: CSCQ), and 71<a href="http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3085/">purchased</a> 72by a rival firm, Geo, in July 2005. -- This sinister complex of buildings built on a 73Superfund site whose toxic effects may still be posing risks to 74detainees and employees alike. 75<U>All Tacoma residents owe it to themselves to see it in person.</U> 76Given our heritage of "the Tacoma Method" (1885) and 77Executive Order 9066 (Feb. 19, 1942), we owe it to ourselves -- and 78to others -- to be vigilant. (3/10/04; revised 1/31/23)<P> 79<P> 80<P><li><A HREF="#Whatis">What is People for Peace, Justice and Healing, anyway?</A> 81 82<HR> 83 84<H1>United for Peace of Pierce County</h1> 85<P>On Nov. 14, 2002, United for Peace of Pierce County was founded by 86PJH members to 87oppose nonviolently a war on Iraq and remained active until 2016. UFPPC was the organizer of a 88successful March around the Mall on Dec. 8, 2002, and of a full afternoon of 89anti-war and pro-peace activities on Feb. 15, 2003, which included a rally 90with speakers and singers in McKinley Park, a march from McKinley Park to the 91Federal Courthouse in which more than a thousand people particpated, and a 92Celebration of Peace in the Washington State 93History Museum. 94Like the March around the Mall before it, UFPPC's events made the front page in 95<A HREF="http://www.tribnet.com/news/local/story/2631437p-2675213c.html">News 96Tribune</A>. Tacoma was one of more than five hundred cities 97around the world participating in the largest coordinated peace demonstration 98in history. 99<P>Some photographs: 100<LI><A HREF="NoIraqWarSign.jpg">No Iraq War sign</a> (Tom Bates)</li> 101<li><a href="VanceLelli.jpg">Vance Lelli performing</a> (Tom Bates)</li> 102<LI><A HREF="federalcourthouse.jpg">Rally at the Federal Courthouse</A> (Adam Bray)</LI> 103<LI><A HREF="noiraqwarplane.jpg">The "No Iraq War" plane!</A> (Adam Bray)</LI> 104<P><center><IMG SRC="NoIraqWar.gif"></center> 105<P> 106<hr> 107<H1><center><A NAME="Whatis">What is "People for Peace, Justice, and Healing"?</A></center></h1> 108<B><I>People for Peace, Justice, and Healing</I></B> is a group of people living in or near Tacoma that began meeting in September 2001. 109<P><B>If you are concerned about 110the direction this country has taken</B> and are interested in local 111efforts to help this nation return to its core values of
112liberty and justice for all, we hope you will consider joining 113us in seeking paths that 114lead to peace, justice, and healing for the United States of 115America and for the world.</p> 116<p>The principal locus of action of People for Peace, Justice, and 117Healing is the weekly Saturday morning meeting, where we share concerns and plan 118activities. We have been involved in educational events, lectures, 119study groups, workshops, and calls for community action. 120<I>Please consider joining us next Saturday morning. All people of good 121will are welcome.</I> 122<P><B>How does PJH function?</B> We are a deliberately leaderless 123group in which decisions are made by consensus at the weekly 124Saturday meetings. We always welcome new participants. 125<P><I>A word about "healing" and beliefs.</I> People for 126Peace, Justice, and Healing does not advocate a particular set of beliefs, 127is not pursuing a political program, and does not endorse candidates 128in political campaigns. <B>We call on all people 129of good will</B> to join us in trying to further our common 130understanding of the challenges we face in finding the paths to 131lasting peace and social justice. But valuing peace, justice, 132and the health of the earth are not, in our opinion, enough. 133<P>We live in a nation born of 134a bright dream, but also marred from the start by the historic 135wrongs of genocide and slavery. 136Leadership in our contemporary society, misshapen by the powerful and 137violent institutions of patriarchy, exploitation, and militarism, 138continues to be marked by the manipulation and reinforcement 139of the patterns of prejudice and 140fear that help maintain them. PJHers tend to 141believe that peaceful progress toward addressing these matters 142depends on finding ways to heal the wounds 143that have too often blighted and stymied our dearest hopes. 144This is not always possible, of course, 145and our efforts often fail to bear immediate fruit. 146But we trust in their long-term efficacy nevertheless. Our emphasis on 147"healing" signifies a recognition that progress toward peace and 148justice, if it is to be enduring, must involve learning about the harm 149that has been done (and is being done). Reconciliation can only come 150through acknowledgment of the truth, however painful that may sometimes be. 151<HR> 152<P><A NAME="Poetry"><h1>Poetry for Peace, Justice, and Healing</h1></A> 153<P><A HREF="pathofsidewaystrees.htm">the path of sideways trees</A> and 154<A HREF="mytribehasmanyfingers.htm">my tribe has many fingers</A> were 155written by PJHer Karen Konrad. 156<P><A HREF="Jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</A> was written by PJHer Sheila Renton. 157<P> 158<A HREF="iraqislikecrack.htm">Iraq Is Like Crack</A>, 159<A HREF="PoxAmericana.htm">Pox Americana</A>, 160<a href="dominoesagain.htm">Dominoes Again</a>, 161<a href="iturntoprayer.htm">I Turn to Prayer</a>, and <a href="itmustbefate.htm">It Must 162Be Fate</a>, all inspired by the American adventure in Iraq, were 163written by R.P. Ericksen, a professor of history at Pacific Lutheran 164University. 165<P>UFPPC Member Duane Niatum reflects on Auden's famous dictum that 166"Poetry makes nothing happen" in a poem dedicated to 167Elizabeth Bishop: 168<A HREF="speakingwithanelderpoet.htm"><I>Speaking with 169an Elder Poet on an Anti-War Poem</I></A>. In another poem, 170<A HREF="forfriends.htm">For Friends Living along the Walla Walla 171River</A>, Niatum speaks of his search for "songs that 172would . . . break my wolf's journey to blood tracks." 173<hr> 174<h1>Cartoon Corner</h1> 175<P><B>Jack Kus presents:</B> 176<P align="right"><img src="ObstaclestoWorldPeace.bmp" width="461" height="304" 177alt="People for Peace, Justice, and Healing" /></P> 178<HR> 179<P>On September 21, 2002, People for Peace, Justice, and Healing 180was one of the first groups to organizationally affiliate 181with Sound Nonviolent Opponents of 182War (SNOW -- 'gentle, but it can shut down a city'), a regional 183coalition formed in Seattle on September 18, 2002. 184<HR> 185<P>Comments or suggestions for the People for Peace, Justice, and 186Healing website? 187<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">Click here to write the 188webmaster</A>, or call 253-756-7519. 189 190<p>Last updated: March 3, 2025</p> 191</td> 192</tr> 193</table> 194<!--[if !(lt IE 8)]><!--> 195
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